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# How do I draw random teams?

> Let the Random draw dialog build balanced, position-aware teams from the league's unplaced curlers, honouring play-with requests where it can.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * The dialog only uses curlers who are registered and not yet on a team. Tick **Also draw curlers who named their own team or skip** to include people who declared a team at signup.
  * Nothing is written until you click **Create N teams** — **Reshuffle** as often as you like first.
  * Random draw is new-view only; the classic Teams screen has no equivalent.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the dialog">
    On the league's **Teams** tab click **Random draw**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe the teams you want">
    Pick **Curlers per team** — **4 — Skip, Third, Second, Lead**, **3 — Skip, Third, Lead** or **2 — Skip, Lead (doubles)** — and **Balance**: **Pure random** or **Even by league rank**. Choose what to do with **Leftover curlers** (**Leave unassigned** or **Add to teams as alternates**), a **Team names** prefix (default "Team"), and optionally a **Division** and **Session** for every team.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Honour requests">
    Tick **Keep "I'd like to play with …" requests together where possible**. The preview lists **Play-with requests we couldn't honour** and **Left over (N) — not written** so you can see what the draw did before committing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create">
    Click **Reshuffle** for a new arrangement or **Create N teams** to write them. Positions are assigned from each curler's preferred positions where they gave them.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Play-with requests and preferred positions come from the **Signup capture** switches on the league ("I'd like to play with", **Preferred positions**); if the league did not ask, the draw is purely random within the balance rule.

**Related:** [How do I manage teams?](/club/leagues-and-draws/how-do-i-manage-teams) · [How do I choose team or individual signup?](/club/registration-and-signup/how-do-i-choose-team-or-individual-signup) · [What can Hero do for a league manager?](/club/ask-hero/what-can-hero-do-for-a-league-manager)


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